I don't understand why anyone (who is technically savvy) would want one of those? Am I crazy? Worth it just for the nostalgia factor? I don't get why it's such a big deal. :]_________________loomsoft :]

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Yeah, but that article is about how "simple" it is. For someone who is technically savvy, that really has no bearing -- since other solutions are nearly as simple.

I guess I still don't see why someone would want one of these for themselves. I can definitely see me getting this as a gift for someone. But other than that, it just seems weird to me. :]_________________loomsoft :]

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:11 pm Post subject:

I want one, but not as NES to play on (that's a bonus), but as a toy on my shelf, alongside my other toys (Amiibo).

In the grand scheme of things, I probably enjoyed more Nintendo games from the NES era than I did any other era, so it's more meaningful to me in that sense.

The NES and the Commodore 64... and the GameBoy. They made me. :)_________________Mike Kasprzak
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My first nintendo console was the game boy (I'm an effin beast at Tetris), then I got a second hand SNES. I did however play an horrendous amount of NES at my friends place. Rescue rangers, Mario, little Nemo. You name it we played it.

I've got emotional bonds to all my nintendo stuff except the wii and 3ds. I'm feel rather indifferent to those two and i never got the wii u.

Anyway, I would love to see them doing a SNES mini :P.
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 5:27 am Post subject:

I have a friend who is a die-hard current-gen gamer, and she won't even think of touching Nintendo platforms. They are, as she flatly puts it, "for kids."

Even she wants a NES mini.

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Anyway, I would love to see them doing a SNES mini :P.

Yeah, I'd have to have one... just because._________________NoOP / Reyn Time -- The $ is screwing everyone these days. (0xDB)

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 1:48 pm Post subject:

So hey, the new movie "Arrival" was pretty good. If you enjoy sciency science fiction movies (Contact, Twister, etc), I recommend sneaking off to a Theatre to see it.

Go in blind. Don't even watch a trailer if you can avoid it. :)

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I guess I'm just the wrong target audience.

I have bought Metroid enough goddamn times from you, Nintendo. No more! :]

Yeah, fair enough. You should be saving your Metroid dollars anyway. Surely there's another Metroid game in (early) development by now. ;)

Next year will certainly be about the new Zelda, the new Mario, and the Wii U ports to NX. I'd bet that by E3 2018 we'll hear about a new Metroid._________________Mike Kasprzak
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Nintendo needs to bring everything, EVERY damn IP they got and more, out for the Switch on launch and what do I hear? The new Zelda might be delayed? So there are two games confirmed for the Switch at the time I write this and that is Zelda and Just Dance.

IGN have started a rumor about a new Mario game when they have an article, that's only a couple of months old, with Miyamoto where he states that they havent started working on any Mario game for the Switch. If they actually have a Mario game that close to completion it's going to be sloppy.

It'll just annoy people if they make a big hubbub about ports from the wiiu.

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Nintendo demoed a new true-3d mario game as part of the NX teaser trailer, IGN didn't start that rumour. It wasn't a wii-u port, but it isn't confirmed officially yet either. Personally as a former Wii-U owner I won't be buying this thing, the entire console was a waste of time and money._________________Avatar: Yu Suzuki (Virtual Fighter, Shenmue)

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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:59 am Post subject:

To me, a delayed Zelda means I have a better chance of scoring a Nintendo Switch on launch day. If Zelda was coming out on time, I'd have expected it to be much more difficult. That said, I'm not sure what I particularly need a launch day Nintendo Switch for. Frankly, we really haven't been told much of anything yet (like what the pack-in game is).

Persona 5 was also delayed (From January to April), but hey, The Last Guardian will still make it out this year (pre-release copies are out and about).

I originally had Last Guardian on pre-order, but cancelled it. I figure that one is going to sell well, and in general, wont be a difficult to find used. I more "want to try it" than I need to have it.

I trust what they showed in the teaser when there are official trailers are out for the games.
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2016 6:33 pm Post subject:

Heh, a very silly version of Metallica's Enter Sandman, performed by Metallica with Jimmy Fallon and his band, using shitty children's toy instruments.

Made me smile._________________Mike Kasprzak
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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:39 am Post subject:

A friend and I were talking about Xengears and now I want to play the game again.

Totally stupid, but it makes me smile. The secrets of the universe, onlocked, by putting a flower on a cats head. :D_________________Mike Kasprzak
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 3:26 pm Post subject:

This is just a test. I want to see what this (an old piece of software) does to weird URLs.

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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:15 pm Post subject:

I like that it's an iguana. Usually it's a cat failing. :)_________________Mike Kasprzak
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 10:32 am Post subject:

I enjoyed Rogue One.

The first half was kinda meh, but once they started the actual operation the lid blew off the entire movie and things started to feel like a traditional Star Wars movie. And that's a good thing ;)_________________NoOP / Reyn Time -- The $ is screwing everyone these days. (0xDB)

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:25 am Post subject:

Yeah, I liked it as well. The droid was clearly the star._________________Mike Kasprzak
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